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UNINA9910781362003321 |
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Autore |
Faist Thomas |
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Titolo |
The Migration-Development Nexus [[electronic resource] ] : A Transnational Perspective / / by Thomas Faist, Margit Fauser, Peter Kivisto |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-12448-3 |
9786613124487 |
9780230305694 |
0-230-30569-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2011.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (243 p.) |
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Collana |
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Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship, , 2662-2602 |
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Classificazione |
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SOC006000SOC007000SOC015000SOC026000 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economic development |
Economic policy |
Human geography |
Political economy |
Ethnicity |
Emigration and immigration |
Development Studies |
Development Policy |
Human Geography |
International Political Economy |
Ethnicity Studies |
Migration |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figure; Preface; Notes on Contributors; 1 The Migration-Development Nexus: Toward a Transnational Perspective; Part I: Paradigms - Methodological and Conceptual; 2 A Global Perspective on Migration and Development; 3 The Dialectic between Uneven Development and Forced Migration: |
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Toward a Political Economy Framework; Part II: Organizations, Networks and States; 4 Diasporas, Recovery and Development in Conflict-ridden Societies; 5 Business as Usual? Urban Actors and Transnational Investments in Accra, Ghana |
6 How Receiving Cities Contribute to Simultaneous Engagements for Incorporation and Development7 A Sociology of Diaspora Knowledge Networks; Part III: Outlook; 8 Academic Knowledge, Policy and the Public Role of Social Scientists; 9 Modernization, Development and Migration in a Sceptical Age; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book examines current policy discussions around the migration-development nexus and subjects them to rigorous conceptual and empirical criticism through a transnational lens, placing the current re-discovery of migrants as agents of development nexus into theoretical and historical perspective. |
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